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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1948
Page
4
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces Ike Shott as editor and outlines publication details from 1903 including frequency, postal information, Associated Press membership, and subscription rates by carrier or mail for West Virginia and other areas, with advertising contact via The Kats Agency.
The Republican national convention opens its main stage with nominating and balloting for president and vice president. Delegations may switch support, with seconding speeches praising candidates, possible ties, and final unani mous support for the leading nominee. If needed, balloting may continue into Thursday. The piece reflects on long American presidencies and the imagined future of the party.
A verse from Ecclesiastes 9 2 proclaims that ownership of virtue or sin offers no advantage before God. It asserts equality of all people regardless of status, wealth, or fear, emphasizing that divine judgment binds the righteous and wicked alike.
The piece surveys forecasts on when the Soviet Union could build atomic weapons in quantity, noting Gen. Leslie Groves doubts 1955 as a cutoff and that opinions vary among experts. It argues Russia’s progress and the purpose of such arsenals remain debated, with no clear consensus on “enough.”
A Daily Telegraph reader asks why the paper does not back a single Republican candidate for the 1948 presidential nomination. The editor replies that more than six outstanding Americans, spanning diverse Republican views, would all suitably reflect American liberty, opportunity, and diplomacy emblematic of the founding spirit. The writer expresses deep interest in the national contest shaping American policy and identity.
West Virginia leader Walter Hallanan of Charleston is discussed as a potential candidate for vice president. He chairs the national Republican convention arrangements committee and has long served on the Republican national committee. Delegates and West Virginians react with enthusiasm while organized support grows among state leaders and local groups. A Harvard dormitory rumor piece and other brief items appear nearby in the issue.
A Gallup view shows Americans preferring to watch sports from a box seat as a summer calendar promises peak interest. Baseball is set to outdraw last year’s totals. boxing renews Louis Walcott clash. football debuts in all star form. track horse racing and golf gain attention. Olympics return, with baseball, football, boxing, and racing dominating. The Sioux City Journal notes the rush to ball games.
A poetic verse speaks of fruition and ripe completion as nature cycles from spring growth to autumn nourishment. The speaker likens human effort to a tree bearing fruit, suggesting fulfillment and readiness for sustenance in the year’s final phase. The lines reflect anticipation and a sense of earned harvest.
Drew Pearson reports the Philadelphia Republican convention hums with urgency as Dewey forces clash with Taft supporters over Georgia seating. Tense backstage battles test loyalty while 1940s wartime promises fade and a world government idea gains tentative traction among a Cleveland backed group fueling debate within the party.
A Bluefield novelette charts a prominent businessman chasing his sister in law, a hidden telegram reveal, and a Huntington visit. A drunken stop at the Fireman's Ball ends with an arrest for intoxication after a breezy encounter with Huntington cops. The tale weaves romance intrigue with small town scrutiny and luckless missteps.
A cheeky tale of a waitress who wins a rich suitor then faces family backlash. The mother objects to the match, offers cash to settle, and the young man seeks another relationship after the scandal. Last Saturday the pair were seen in a downtown restaurant intoxicated, prompting curiosity about the mother's reaction.
A collage of New York scenes along Broadway between 43rd and 46th Streets shows strangers lost in loneliness. Vivid vignettes include a mountain builder at light, a gamin with a cigar, children toy boats in Conservatory Lake, park squirrels, a gray Parkinson’s patient with a nurse, a dignified whitehaired reader, and ephemera of city life from riding dogs to candy wrappers.
A vivid scene on the lower East Side shows two companions recalling their first arrival in the country. The couple, amid shuttered sixties mansions near Fifth Avenue, observe summer tourists, a Sherman statue meeting, and a brief kiss before separating. A doorman, a nurse with a baby buggy, and a well-dressed crowd frame the urban tableau.
A noted spoof envisions a New Hen stamp design with President and Postmaster General debating features of a live hen portrait. The dialogue wanders through breeds, borders, and playful mock stakes, then shifts to items on the Miami Beach Nautilus sale and other Gotham notes.
Hollywood gossip item notes Garbo is set on playing Madame Bovary at Metro, with Lana Turner deemed too immature. Mentions Cagney and Jeanne, Powell and Ann Sothern, Ingrid Bergman's upcoming roles, Sonja Henie’s party, and various star quirks and plans amid a lively Hollywood social scene.
A retrospective column lists marriages and obituaries from past decades. Fifty years ago Walter Steele of Vivian wed Sadie Fitch of Tidewater. a Bluefield death recalls Capt. McComas. It also notes church picnics, a Norfolk and Western locomotive engineer W W Corder death, a train fatality involving Bruce Johnson, and other local memory highlights across decades.
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